High ε gate dielectrics Gd2O3 and Y2O3 for silicon
- 3 July 2000
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 77 (1), 130-132
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.126899
Abstract
We report on growth and characterization of both epitaxial and amorphous films Gd2O3 of (ε=14) and Y2O3(ε=18) as the gate dielectrics for Si prepared by ultrahigh vacuum vapor deposition. The use of vicinal Si (100) substrates is key to the growth of (110) oriented, single-domain films in the Mn2O3 structure. Typical electrical leakage results are 10−3 A/cm2 at 1 V for single domain epitaxial Gd2O3 and Y2O3 films with an equivalent SiO2 thickness, teq of 15 Å, and 10−6 A/cm2 at 1 V for smooth amorphous Y2O3 films (ε=18) with a teq of only 10 Å. For all the Gd2O3 films, the absence of SiO2 segregation at the interface is established from infrared absorption measurements.Keywords
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